Woke up in the morning with major eye pain and swollen eyelid.. What's wrong?
Approximately 2 days ago, I started feeling a dull pain in the lower eyelid of my right eye. It didn't really hurt that much so I didn't think anything of it. It was more annoying then anything. When I went to bed and woke up the next morning (which was yesterday) I could barely see out of my eye. There was some crusting around my eyelid, but seemed to form mostly on my eyelashes. Keep in mind this ISN'T happening around my tear duct. It's the opposite side of my eye.
The pain has significantly increased to where I can't even touch it anymore. It's extremely tender and sensitive and hurts the most when I blink. It feels bruised, almost as if I got hit in the eye by a baseball. Of course no outside bruising or discoloration is visible. The white of my eyes are white and clear so I've kind of ruled out pink eye. Really, the only redness found is when I pull my lower eyelid down.. It looks extremely irritated but I can't find anything out of the ordinary that sticks out- like a bump or a lump. My eye doesn't itch or burn either and every once in a while my eye will randomly get really dry then start tearing a lot. I thought maybe it was a cyst but I can't find anything. My inner eyelid is so red and inflamed I can't see anything or be sure that there is or isn't anything there. I know its possible to have a bacterial infection, but I'm not even sure what I could possibly have..?
I've been applying hot compresses to my eye.. It slightly eases the pain for a mere few seconds and then the pain returns. I've tried lubricating eye drops and even went to the store for eye wash solution and an eye cup. I don't feel a difference. I don't have any health insurance and was hoping this would be going away on its own though I get the feeling it won't. I've never had any issues with my eyes before, so this is a little unnerving. I guess my best bet is to go see a doctor, but I figured I'd ask on here too.. I'm curious to know if anyone else has had this problem with their eye. And if so, what did you do to make it better?